Dressmaking part 3: Success at Last!
Finally I've made something I can be proud of!
When I saw this needle-cord with it's sweet little floral faces in a local fabric shop, I had to snap some up right away! I used a New Look pattern (number 6022), which I've had kicking around unused for 6 years! It was good although I used the experience I gained from the Amy Butler pattern and finished off the internal seams.
These are what Eliza calls 'trick buttons' because they hide a whopping great popper underneath. I've justified my avoidance of buttonholes with the excuse that it'll make it easier on her when she goes to school in September and has to get changed after PE... ahem...
I didn't consult her over the leafy ribbon trim because I was too afraid she'd reject it. Luckily, she approves and loves the whole thing. I may dwell in this comfort zone for a little while, so you can expect less bungled skirts and more little dresses!
Wow, that fabric and dress are adorable!!
Posted by: Mirre | June 24, 2008 at 01:49 PM
Oh, it's just adorable! I LOVE the special touches too -- the button and that leafy trim are just perfect!
Posted by: Thimbleanna | June 24, 2008 at 03:20 PM
Wonderful dress, love the fabric and the magic buttons are an inspired idea!
Posted by: French Knots | June 24, 2008 at 07:07 PM
So pretty! And I love those buttons.
Posted by: Elizabeth | June 24, 2008 at 07:25 PM
Wow how professional is that?! Very impressed with all your linings and mega straight stitching. And did you say LOCAL fabric shop for that gorgeous needlecord?? (faint!)....
Posted by: Ruthanne | June 24, 2008 at 08:42 PM
That is by FAR the cutest fabric i have seen in ages!!! And WOW, what a great looking bit of "seamstressery"...beautifully done!
Posted by: Amanda Button | June 25, 2008 at 03:11 AM
The fabric and the dress look fantabulous! Needle-cord, what a funny name, we call it baby-cord!
Posted by: nicolette | June 25, 2008 at 08:01 AM
Oh Sarah, it looks beautiful and your little girl must love it. Very cute!
Posted by: rachelmp | June 26, 2008 at 06:26 AM
This is heirloom! What a perfect marriage of fabric and design. Those little faces.
Posted by: Sonya | June 26, 2008 at 08:58 PM
Yet another reason for me to leave the North and come back to East Anglia...if the local shops sell fabric like that, I am coming HOME!!!
Can I have a dress like that please? I am sure I could get away with it...even at the olden age of 33, and poppers are so much better than real buttons for me when I am getting changed after PE.
Posted by: Katy | June 27, 2008 at 09:21 AM
You did a wonderful job. I'm making my first real little dress too. The fabric you picked out is just gorgeous.
Posted by: Gina | June 29, 2008 at 12:32 AM
Oh!! I looove that dress! Wonderful!! xoxo
Posted by: A Fanciful Twist | June 29, 2008 at 02:40 AM
what a gorgeous little dress... it is the attention to the smallest details that makes it so wonderful. lovely work and a lucky girl who wears it
Posted by: AscenderRisesAbove | June 29, 2008 at 05:24 PM
your girl looked gorgeous at the teaparty in this dress!
greetings
Inge from Belgium
Posted by: inge | June 29, 2008 at 08:29 PM
that dress is just gorgeous. i love the fabric and i love the leaf trim. oh how i wish i had a little girl who i could sew for. my big girl is not so keen (at the moment). hopefully she will start making things for herself soon though.
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Posted by: Levineke | June 29, 2008 at 11:08 PM
this is super! Look at your stitches...
well done you!!
Posted by: monica | June 30, 2008 at 07:45 PM
Its beautiful :)
Posted by: Felicia | July 02, 2008 at 02:17 PM
I love everything about it!
Posted by: pam | July 04, 2008 at 05:19 PM
Beautiful dress! I think I might have to try this one out too, it looks so lovely.
Posted by: josie | July 08, 2008 at 10:00 PM
So nice, I love that kind of dresses. The fabrics are seriously gorgeous combination!!
Felicidades!!!
Besos
Posted by: RID | July 10, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Oh my goodness, I'd say so! That is just perfect. Congrats!
Posted by: africankelli | July 11, 2008 at 08:23 PM
Ooooh thank you for my flowers (lost your email addy!!)... Already lost one to DD to pin on her jacket though! Thank you so kind!
Posted by: Ruthanne | July 14, 2008 at 11:13 AM
oooh - I love that leafy trim!
Posted by: jessi | July 23, 2008 at 02:56 PM
That fabric is one of the nicest I've ever seen!! and I agree buttonholes can be a pain, what a good idea to use a button and popper instead!
Posted by: Malphi | July 31, 2008 at 01:58 PM